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The writer is confident that the Fatimids will retake Jerusalem this very year, so he intends to remain in Egypt until he sees Jerusalem or gives up all hope. The letter ends with the writer's protracted illnesses. Throughout these years, the land has been filled with epidemic diseases (wabā', aʿlāl, amrāḍ, dever). The wealthy became impoverished, "most people died," entire families were destroyed. The writer himself developed a grave illness (maraḍ ṣaʿb), which lasted one year, and was shortly followed by another grave illness, which has lasted four years and perhaps continues to the present day.
- בשרח
- לו דהבת אצף נא ענדי מן אלארתיאח נחו מולאי אכי ובן דודי
- [[לם ת]] אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמת[ה]
- ונעמתה ות[מכינה וכ]בת אעדאה …
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In Your name, You Merciful.
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If I attempted to describe my longing for you, my Lord, my brother and cousin,
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– may God prolong your days and ma…
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